Book Awards

In order to give recognition to new scholarly publications that make significant contributions to the study of religion, the American Academy of Religion offers Awards for Excellence. These awards honor works of distinctive originality, intelligence, creativity, and importance; books that affect decisively how religion is examined, understood, and interpreted.

Awards for Excellence are given in four categories. In addition, there is a prize for the Best First Book in the History of Religions.

Cécile FromontThe Art of Conversion: Christian Visual Culture in the Kingdom of Kongo
University of North Carolina Press, published for the Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture, 2014

Devin DeWeeseIslamization and Native Religion in the Golden Horde: Baba Tukles and Conversion to Islam in Historical and Epic Sikh Tradition
University Park, PA: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1994

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Harjot OberoiThe Construction of Religious Boundaries: Culture, Identity and Diversity in the Sikh Tradition
Chicago and Oxford: University of Chicago Press and Oxford University Press, 1994